Bellator Fighting Championships releases Dan Hornbuckle, Wilson Reis

After each suffering back-to-back losses, Dan Hornbuckle (22-5 MMA, 3-3 BFC) and Wilson Reis (12-4 MMA, 5-4 BFC) have each been released from their Bellator Fighting Championships’ contracts.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the roster moves with sources close to the fighters.

Both fighters each recently suffered season-five tournament quarterfinal bouts – Hornbuckle in the welterweight division and Reis in the bantamweight class.

Hornbuckle debuted for Bellator in the company’s season-two 170-pound tournament, submitting Tyler Stinson and Steve Carl en route to the season’s tournament final, where he fell short via decision to no 170-pound champion Ben Askren.

Hornbuckle then defeated Brad Blackburn at Bellator 25 to earn a spot in the company’s season-four welterweight tournament, where he was quickly ousted by Brent Weedman in the opening round. Hornbuckle then dropped a decision to Luis Santos at September’s Bellator 49 event, again falling short in the opening round.

Meanwhile, Reis has fought nine times under the Bellator banner, making his debut in the company’s very first season. Eventual tournament winner Joe Soto bounced Reis in the semifinals of Bellator’s debut featherweight tournament. He returned in season two and was again beaten in the semifinals, this time by Patricio “Pitbull” Freire.

Freire again defeated Reis in the semifinals of Bellator’s season-four tournament, prompting a move to 135 pounds. Unfortunately for Reis, he was defeated by Eduardo Dantas in the opening round of the company’s season-five bantamweight tourney.

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